tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post2825242659331338104..comments2015-07-28T07:16:01.017-05:00Comments on On the Wine Trail in Italy: Hyperindividualism in Italy and the Obstruction of the Collective Well-BeingAlfonso Cevolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-85098082773251931422013-12-03T07:39:32.447-06:002013-12-03T07:39:32.447-06:00There&#39;s &quot;menefreghismo&quot; too, which i...There&#39;s &quot;menefreghismo&quot; too, which is a similar concept!<br />The same scenario as you describe in the US and Italy is happening here in Spain too. It breaks my heart to see the acres and acres of abandoned vineyards every time I go out to my own vineyards in the Sierra de Gredos.Fabiohttp://vinosambiz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-42292150491493483792013-11-27T12:38:00.591-06:002013-11-27T12:38:00.591-06:00All good thought Alfonso and readers...we could al...All good thought Alfonso and readers...we could all do with a bit more balance in what we need, want and impose on others...<br /><br />CPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-46479456507678647012013-11-26T08:46:18.097-06:002013-11-26T08:46:18.097-06:00Thanks all....running pretty fast today, but just ...Thanks all....running pretty fast today, but just wanted to thank you all for your kind and insightful comments Alfonso Cevolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-66794172792864820462013-11-26T07:16:04.894-06:002013-11-26T07:16:04.894-06:00Great post. I also sensed that this sort of indivi...Great post. I also sensed that this sort of individualism was becoming more and more exaggerated, but couldn&#39;t justify my thoughts because every generation has its own problems and maybe I just lack the perspective to see it clearly.<br /><br />But reading this confirmed my suspicions. <br /><br />Anyway, your paragraph about finding success as a wine reminded me of something I read in &quot;Antifragile:&quot; (Taleb) &quot;Winner-take-all effects are worsening: success for an author, a company, an idea, a musician, an athlete is planetary, or nothing.&quot;Diana Zahuranechttp://www.winepassitaly.it/index.php/en/wine-blogger/itemlist/category/155-blog-diana-zahuranec-wine-food-travel-entire-pizzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-46028366945414809982013-11-25T12:58:16.722-06:002013-11-25T12:58:16.722-06:00Great6 stuff Alfonso. We all wonder what will be l...Great6 stuff Alfonso. We all wonder what will be left for our children. ... Cheers ... GuidoGuy Stoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20283310.post-14867954183608143352013-11-25T06:41:49.627-06:002013-11-25T06:41:49.627-06:00Hyperindividualism... there&#39;s a word for that ...Hyperindividualism... there&#39;s a word for that in Italian: qualunquismo (and please look beyond the English Wiki for it because it&#39;s not fully accurate).<br /><br />Again, I believe that Sciascia saw all of this coming many years ago (and Pasolini and Gramsci before him).<br /><br />Great post, Alfonso. However different America and Italy, there are actually many parallels... I agree wholeheartedly: these are important times when we need to have a heightened social and societal awareness... for our sake and the sake of our children...<br /><br />Great post... thanks for writing it... this is also part of what wine blogging should be about... Do Bianchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744434741371288465noreply@blogger.com